This chapter describes recommended deployment topologies and also provides recommendations for installing and configuring a secure setup for your Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics (OPLA) application.
Various database and application components for Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics (OPLA) can be deployed in different hardware and machine configurations.
The complexity of your deployment configuration depends on the performance criteria set, which in turn, is based on the following:
Business requirements
Source - that is the Agile PLM database size or the Agile PLM for Process database size
Volume of data changes in the source database
IT network constraints
Infrastructure constraints
To successfully install or upgrade to OPLA, you must be familiar with, or have working knowledge of the following:
ODI
OBIEE
Agile PLM
Agile PLM for Process
Oracle Database Server
For more information on the privileges needed for different deployment methods, see the Appendix on Oracle PLA Database Schema Privileges on page 37.
The Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics (OPLA) application comes bundled with a number of third party software. OPLA is tested and certified with latest security patches for the following third party software:
Bouncy Castlehttp://www.bouncycastle.org
Apache Xerces Projecthttp://xerces.apache.org
InstallAnywherehttp://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/installanywhere.htm
Apache Anthttp://ant.apache.org
LOG4PLSQLhttp://log4plsql.sourceforge.net
Before installing OPLA you must install and configure the following Oracle products:
Oracle Enterprise Database
Oracle Data Integrator
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Important: You should also consult the following Security Guides: Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Documentation Library Oracle Database Security Guides |